As he attended the premiere of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug , Ed also joked that music and even rapping in Arabic - courtesy of Borat-star Sacha Baron Cohen - had played the big parts in the US holiday party weekend.

"I ate a lot of food, drank a lot of wine and played a lot of songs," he revealed.

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"I didn't do [any music] at Jen's house, I just drank," he said. "Courteney set up like a PA system and I did a show there. It was very random. One of my all time favorite actors and comedians, Sacha Baron Cohen, was there and we ended up jamming and he did a rap in Arabic and stuff. It was very funny."

The singer hadn't planned on being at Jen's get-together, but apparently gate-crashed after learning his friend was there.

"I finished in the studio and I called up my friend," he added. "He was like, 'I'm at Jen's house and we're just having a chill hang so I was like, 'OK.'

"Then I turned up…and they're having a proper Thanksgiving meal and I'm there and I think I was wearing my board shorts or something. It was fun."